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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:24, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Lekin...

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• ... that Dimple Kapadia, who played a ghost in the mystery film Lekin..., was forbidden to blink during filming because director Gulzar wanted to capture a "fixed gaze" that would make her feel surreal? Source: Gulzar, Meghna (2004). Because he is...: "I don't know if many people realised – Papi [Gulzar] had not let Dimple blink throughout the film. He says it would make her real. Not blinking, with an endless, fixed gaze gave her a feeling of being surreal." (p. 131)
  • ALT1: ... that while playing a ghost in the mystery film Lekin..., Dimple Kapadia was forbidden to blink because director Gulzar believed it would make her feel surreal?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Missa Sanctae Caeciliae
  • Comment: The two hooks are just two variations of the same hook.

Improved to Good Article status by Shshshsh (talk). Self-nominated at 23:44, 26 February 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good. Earwig returns just the quotes, which are cited. The hook is on the long side. Maybe the second half could be tightened, for example by removing "during filming" and "to capture" (or otherwise). It's right at the 200 character limit as it is. If you feel really strongly about it, I can just OK it and defer to the promoting user. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 14:23, 1 March 2022 (UTC) — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 14:23, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your review, Rhododendrites. What do you say about

"... that Dimple Kapadia, who played a ghost in the mystery film Lekin..., was forbidden to blink during filming because director Gulzar believed it would make her feel surreal?"

I just think "during filming" is essential because otherwise it's not clear when exactly she was forbidden to blink. Shahid • ^Talk2me 14:37, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

@Shshshsh: I have to admit that I somehow overlooked ALT1, which is fine. My comment was in response to the length of the main hook. My mistake. Good to go here. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 04:00, 3 March 2022 (UTC)